Job 6:11-13
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
Tag: Strength in God
The words above come from Job as he sits in the boils and pain of his flesh. He has lost all hope (the previous verses and the last one, above). Job looks within himself and sees no strength to carry out his life. He is taking inventory of his life and finds no strength within to bare the burdens he has been dealt. There are a lot of believers who have and/or will be, again, in that spot of their life. God has allowed Satan to touch Job's life and that has zapped him of all his hope and strength. Verse thirteen is a key to understanding his psychological state: "Have I any help in me when resources is driven from me?" God has allowed Job to be in a spot where his money, family, and, now, his friends, have all deserted him. It must have been so refreshing for Job's friends to show up at his doorstep. Yet, when they begin to talk they are doing nothing but condemnation. Paul talks to us about these times in our lives when he is addressing his own pain and suffering. This is the time in our lives when we find God's grace is sufficient in our weakness and our strength when we are failing:
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
We can find solace, not within us, but in Christ. We can be strong, only in Him. This is an act of faith in our lives. We rest not in our talent, treasury or companionship, but in the work of Christ in our lives.
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